sep 1, 2006
my new trademarked theory, now that we are talking about baluchistan and brahui and all that.
i assert that 'dravidians' invaded or migrated to india. proof: they speak tamil-like brahui in baluchistan. and iravatam mahadevan and asko parpola have labored mightily to show (without much success) that the indus-sarasvati script is really tamil.
then what happened to the 'dravidians'? if i go by recent 'dravidian' specimens like ev ramaswamy periyar, anbumani ramadoss, t r baalu, et al, we can make certain conjectures. for instance, that the 'dravidians' who 'invaded' india were fundamentalists whom the bulk of the population couldn't stand, and so they kicked them out of the 'dravidian' homeland in afghanistan! :-) just like the white guy 'pilgrims' who were kicked out of britain and landed up in new england in the US
this is why they should all be sent back to baluchistan now. 'dravidian' homeland in baluchistan zindabad.
why, 'baluchistan' is really 'baalu-chistan' which in brahui means "the home of t r baalu" :-)
2 comments:
alas, cacoethes, a quick google search shows that others, for instance stephen knapp, have used this term before. therefore, following in the 'eminent donkeys' footsteps, i hereby change my trademarked theory to the '"dravidian" migration theory' :-) yeah, that's the ticket.
baalu-chistan remains my uncontested trademark.
you can fight it out with stephen knapp for 'dravidian' invasion theory.
the idea of the baluchi-'dravidian' homeland remains san's.
Hi Cacoethes,
Actually the idea of Dravidian invasion/migration from central asia down into India, seems to have an inconsistency or missing link somewhere, becoz between baluchistan and Tamil Nadu which are so far apart, how much of dravidian language do you find, and where is it concentrated (ans: S of Vindhyas only).
Thus, if brahui has similarity with tamil, there must have been some concentrated migration from S to N, like a small band of adventurers who wanted to reach perhaps the end of the land, and stopped at Bolan Pass there.
Even then, I am thinking, how many days would it take to cover that distance ? that too without restaurants on the way, and no trains ?
Any idea ?
All this is so intriguing.
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